Garment construction



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GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 24. 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR./%1eG/7' AASZL United States Patent 3,012,249 GARMENT CONSTRUCTIONMargit F. Laszlo, Beverly Hills, Calif., assignor to Cole of California,Inc., Los Angeles, Calif, a corporation of California Filed Feb. 24,1958, Ser. No. 717,027 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-24 3) This invention relates togarment construction and included in the objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a garment construction wherein a seemingly involvedand expensive drape effect is produced with minimum of stitching andsimple pattern configuration, whereby the garment is inexpensive toproduce.

Second, to provide a garment construction wherein the novel drapeeflEect may be incorporated in a belt structure, a brassiere or bodicestructure, or a combined bodice and sleeve structure, and utilized ineach instance with a minimum of stitching.

With the above and other objects in view, as may appear hereinafter,reference is directed to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of a bathing suit incorporating one embodimentof the invention.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary side view thereof.

FIGURE 3 is a developed view of the garment unit showing a panel elementand tongue element connected thereto.

FIGURE 4 is a similar view but showing the tongue element folded andpositioned for connection to the panel element.

FIGURE 5 is a front view showing a pair of panel elements joinedtogether and illustrating the manner in which the tongue elements aretwisted prior to attachment to their respective panel elements.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view through 66 of FIG- URE 1 showingsubstantially diagrammatically the manner in which a lower and uppergarment panel are joined together and to a tongue element.

FIGURE 7 is a front view of a garment bodice illustrat ing a modifiedform of the invention.

FIGURE 8 is a developed view of the modified bodice illustrating abodice panel element and tongue element.

FIGURE 9 is a front view of the garment bodice structure showing themanner in which the tongues are twisted about each other prior toconnection to the bodice panels.

FIGURE 10 is a front view of the garment incorporating a furtherembodiment of the invention wherein the tongue elements are extended toform portions of the sleeves of the garment.

FIGURE 11 is a developed view of the panel element and tongue elementemployed in the garment shown in FIGURE 10.

Reference is first directed to FIGURES 1 through 6. In the constructionhere illustrated, the invention is incorporated in a bathing suit whichincludes a pair of lower front panels 1. The panels form right and leftpanels and are joined together by a front seam 2. The remote margins arejoined in a conventional manner to suitable back panels 3 by side seams4. Each front panel includes atop seam or margin 5.

Interposed between the top seam or margin 5 and the front seam or margin2 is a tongue 6 which extends obliquely from the panel. In the firstdescribed structure each of the tongues 6 is folded upon itself to forma tubular belt element, that is, the tongue is provided with top andbottom seams or margins 7 and 7 The two tongues are twisted about eachother as shown in FIG- URE 5 and the two margins or seams of each tonguefolded into coincidence and are joined to the top seam or margin 5 ofthe corresponding front panel 1. Match- 3,012,249 Patented Dec. 12, 1961ing dressmaker notches 8, 9 and 10 are provided in the margins of eachtongue 6 and its corresponding panel 1. Simultaneously with the foldingof the tongues 6 and the joining of these tongues to the top margins 5of the front panels 1, the tongues and panels are also joined to thelower margins of bodice panels 11.

The tongues 6 form a draped belt effect between the lower front panels 1and the bodice panels 11. This seemingly complicated and involved drapedeffect is accomplished with a single stitching operation along theconfronting margins of the panels and tongue. As a consequence, theexpense of fabricating the garment is minimized. Furthermore, by reasonof the fact that the tongues 6 are integral with the lower front panels,the number of pieces required to construct the garment is minimized.

Reference is now directed to FIGURES 7, 8 and 9. In the constructionhere illustrated, a pair of bodice panels 12 are provided which areconstructed right and left and are joined together by a vertical frontseam 13. The remote margins 14 are joined to back panels of the garment,not shown. As in the first described structure, the bodice panels 12 areprovided with top scams or margins 15 and a tongue 16 is interposedbetween the front seam and top seam and extends obliquely from eachpanel. In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIGURES 7, 8 and 9,only one mar-gin, namely the initially top margin or seam 17 of eachtongue 16, is joined to its panel. However, :as in the first describedstructure the two tongues are first twisted about each other as shown inFIGURE 9. The initially lower, which now become the upper margins of thetongues 16, may be provided with hems. The extremities of the tongues 16may be gathered and terminated coextensively with the remote sidemargins of the panels 12 and be joined to two back panels not shown. Thetongues 16 thus form brassiere or bust covering elements. As in thefirst described structure, a single stitching operation joining eachtongue and panel is all that is needed to form the drape effect; in thiscase a draped bodice effect.

Reference is now directed to FIGURES 10 and 11. This constructioninvolves a pair of bodice panels 18 which are joined together by a frontseam 19 and are provided with remote margins 20 which are joined to backpanels 21, the upper portions of which appear in FIGURE 10. The bodicepanels 18 are provided with top seams 22. Interposed between the topseam and the front seam of each panel is an obliquely directed tongue 23which in this case is elongated. The upper portion of each tonguenearest the bodice panel is provided with a seam 24 or margin whichjoins to the top seam or margin 22 of its panel. First, however, thepair of tongues are twisted a half turn about each other as indicated inFIGURE 10. The extended portion of each tongue beyond the seam 24 formsa sleeve element which is joined by marginal seams 26 and 26 tocomplementary sleeve elements extending from the back panels 21. Thetongues 23 thus form not only an upper bodice or bust covering elementbut also a sleeve element, thus facilitating the construction of thebodice with a minimum number of parts. Also, as in the previouslydescribed structure, the drape effect is produced with a minimum ofstitching, this being accomplished clearly by the twisting of the twotongue elements and joining the margins 22 and 24.

While a particular embodiment of this invention has been shown anddescribed, it is not intended to limit the same to the exact details ofthe construction set forth, and it embraces such changes, modificationsand equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as comewithin the purview of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a garment construction a pair of front panels having contiguousvertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontal upper margins, thevertical and horizontal margins of each panel defining a corner thereof;and a longitudinally folded tongue integral with each front panel andextending from the corner thereof defined by said vertical and uppermargins of said panel, the tongues of the two panels being twisted abouteach other adjacent said corners, and each tongue extending along andjoined to the upper margin of the front panel with which it is integral.

2. In a garment construction: a first pair of front panels havingcontiguous vertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontal uppermargins, the vertical and horizontal margins of each panel defining acorner thereof; a longitudinally folded tongue integral with each frontpanel and extending from the corner thereof defined by said vertical andupper margins of said panel, the tongues of the two panels being twistedabout each other adjacent said corners, and each tongue extending alongand joined to the upper margin of the front panel with which it isintegral; and a second pair of panels joined with said tongues to thefirst pair of panels 3. In a garment construction: a pair of lower frontpanels disposed below the waist of the garment, said front panels havingcontiguous vertical margins joined by a seam, and horizontaluppermargins, the vertical and horizontal margins of each panel defininga corner thereof; a longitudinally folded tongue integral with eachfront panel and extending from the corner thereof defined by saidvertical and upper margins of said panel, the tongues of the two panelsbeing twisted about each other adjacent said corners, and each tongueextending along and joined to the upper margin of the front panel withwhich it is' integral; and a pair of bodice panels joined with saidtongues to said lower front panels, said tongues adapted to be flattenedover the juncture between said lower front panels and said bodice panelsto cover the seam therebetween.

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